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Industry News: February 2016

By Shira Gilbert on 1 February 2016 Canadian Music, Classical Music, Opera, Quebec Music

Bernard Labadie The Canadian Opera Company has announced that its 2016-17 season will include a new production of Harry Somers’ Louis Riel, in conjunction with the National Arts Centre. The Canadian Opera was premiered in 1967 for the Canadian centennial. Seven performances, featuring a largely Canadian cast, will take place from April 20 to May 13, 2017. The company also announced the contract extension of Music Director Johannes Debus through to the 2020-21 season. Canada’s longest running full-time classical music critic has retired. Claude Gingras, age 84, has capped a 63-year career, most of which was spent at Montréal’s French-language…

Amateur passion

By Julie Vovan on 1 February 2016 Interviews, Opera, Orchestral

Author : (Julie Vovan)

The lights come up, and you’re on stage at Montreal’s Notre-Dame Basilica. Every seat is filled: 2700 people. Nervousness increases if your orchestra is called I Medici di McGill. You may tell yourself, as an amateur, “Well, let’s be professional.” But the question is, what is expected of amateur ensembles? “I don’t like the word ‘amateur’,” says Maestro Gilles Auger, I Medici di McGill’s conductor. “I prefer to say non-professional.” And indeed, almost half of I Medici’s members study or work in health sciences, far from the music jungle. Amateur ensembles are common: in Montreal, some amateur choirs allow people…

Cette semaine à Montréal (25 à 31 janvier) / This Week in Montreal (January 25–31)

By Kiersten van Vliet on 25 January 2016 Classical Music, Opera, This Week in Montreal

Opera McGill: L’Elisir d’amoreOpera McGill’s annual mainstage opera is a production of Donizetti’s comic opera L’Elisir d’amore, known for great arias including Nemorino’s “Una furtive lagrima.” Patrick Hansen conducts with staging by François Racine. Pollack Hall. January 28, 29, 30 at 7:30 pm, and January 31 at 2 pm. www.mcgill.ca/music. The performances on the 29th and 30th will be webcast at http://sites.music.mcgill.ca/webcastsJean-Guihen Queyras aux Violons du RoyC’est une rencontre longuement attendue que fera avec les Violons du Roy ce violoncelliste inspiré. Soliste de l’Ensemble intercontemporain dirigé alors par Boulez, qui en avait fait son protégé, le réputé violoncelliste possède une…

Cette semaine à Montréal (16 à 22 novembre) / This Week in Montreal (November 16 – 22)

By Kiersten van Vliet on 16 November 2015 Baroque and Early, Opera, This Week in Montreal

Mireille Lebel, crédit photo: Lutz EdelhoffChapelle Historique du Bon-PasteurDimanche 22, 15 h, au tour du soliste, chambriste et pédagogue Jean Saulnier de nous offrir des œuvres de Bach, Fauré et Schumann.* * *Nov. 22, 3 pm. Jean Saulnier – soloist, chamber musician and educator. Pieces by Bach, Fauré, and Schumann. www.ville.montreal.qc.ca/chapellebonpasteurJean Derome in ConcertSuperMusique présente Phèdre de Racine, sans paroles, une transposition en musique de Derome, en rassemblant 8 improvisateurs de l’Ensemble SuperMusique et la chorale bruitiste Joker, dirigés par Joane Hétu. Amphithéâtre du Gesù, vendredi 20, 20 h.* * *SuperMusique offers Phèdre de Racine, sans paroles, a musical transposition…

Cette semaine à Montréal (9 à 15 novembre) / This Week in Montreal (November 9 – 15)

By Kiersten van Vliet on 10 November 2015 Chamber Music, Choral, Opera, This Week in Montreal

Chapelle Historique du Bon-PasteurJeudi 12, 19 h 30, on entendra le pianiste Ilya Poletaev. Né à Moscou, ce virtuose est considéré comme l’un des pianistes importants de sa génération. Œuvres de Bach, Brahms, Chopin et Mozart. www.ville.montreal.qc.ca/chapellebonpasteurNov. 12, 7:30 pm. Pianist Ilya Poletaev. Born in Moscow, this virtuoso is considered to be one of the important pianists of her generation. Pieces by Bach, Brahms, Chopin, and Mozart. www.ville.montreal.qc.ca/chapellebonpasteurQuatuor Arcanto QuartetArcanto QuartetFondé en 2002, le Quatuor Arcanto fait ses débuts à Stuttgart et se produit ensuite sur de nombreuses scènes internationales. Violoncelliste reconnu sur les scènes montréalaises, Jean-Guilhen Queyras s’y produira pour…

Cette semaine à Montréal (19 à 25 octobre) / This Week in Montreal (October 19 – 25)

By Kiersten van Vliet on 20 October 2015 Opera, Orchestral, This Week in Montreal

Musique/MusicAlban Gerhardt au LMMC – un retour attenduLe Ladies’ Morning Musical Club recevra l’un des grands violoncellistes de notre époque, Alban Gerhardt, qui a joué à l’âge de 21 ans avec l’Orchestre philharmonique de Berlin sous la direction de Semyon Bychkov. Au programme : Barber, Britten, Beethoven, Brahms (dimanche 4).Nommé en hommage au compositeur tchèque emprisonné à Theresienstadt en 1941, le quatuor Pavel Haas est devenu l’un des plus importants ensembles de chambre. Il fait ses débuts au LMMC le 25 octobre. Les concerts ont lieu à la salle Pollack à 15 h 30. www.lmmc.caAlban Gerhardt et chatCrédit photo: Kaupo…

Cette semaine à Montréal (12 à 18 octobre) / This Week in Montreal (October 12 – 18)

By Kiersten van Vliet on 12 October 2015 Baroque and Early, Opera, Piano, This Week in Montreal

Musique / Music Le NEM autour de Salvatore SciarrinoCompositeur italien né en 1947, Salvatore Sciarrino est un génie du son. D’après lui, le silence n’est qu’un « grouillement infini de sonorités microscopiques ». En compagnie du NEM et du baryton Vincent Ranallo, vous êtes invités à plonger dans l’univers mystérieux et rythmé des battements de cœur murmurés du compositeur. Salle Bourgie, mercredi 14, 19 h 30. www.lenem.ca Marc-André HamelinPhoto: Fran Kaufman Marc-André Hamelin à Pro MusicaPianiste mondialement réputé que la scène montréalaise accueille régulièrement, Marc-André Hamelin est l’invité de Pro Musica pour un programme Mozart, Debussy, Schubert et Hamelin. Maison symphonique, vendredi 16,…

Hugo Laporte, Photo: Marc Robitaille

Hugo Laporte, winner of the OSM Manulife Competition

By Michèle-Andrée Lanoue on 1 October 2015 Art Song, La Scena Spotlight, Opera

On November 22, 2014, baritone Hugo Laporte received the highest honours at the prestigious OSM Standard Life Competition. Since then, his engagements have multiplied to ever-increasing critical acclaim. In this article, we encounter a young musician of exceptional promise. Originally from Quebec, Hugo Laporte was introduced to music at an early age. At four years old, he and his parents attended the youth concert series at the Orchestre symphonique de Québec. “They quickly noticed that I had a strong interest in music. So we went to the open house of the music school around the corner. I was six years…

Margaret Atwood. Photo Jean Malek

Double Meaning: Margaret Atwood on Pauline

By Rebecca Anne Clark on 1 September 2015 Contemporary, Literature, Opera

Author : (Rebecca Anne Clark)

Poet. Trailblazer. Canadian luminary. These descriptors apply as much to Margaret Atwood as they do to the subject of her first libretto, E. Pauline Johnson. While many will instantly recognize Atwood as the contemporary First Lady of CanLit, it is only in the last few decades that Johnson’s life and work have experienced a renaissance on the Canadian cultural scene. Pauline Johnson has become more relevant than ever in an era in which the subjects of her writing – First Nations issues, biculturalism and multiculturalism, women and sexuality, and Canadian identity – are hotly discussed. Born in 1861 to a…

Tapestry Opera Receives Opera America Grant

By Newswire on 6 May 2015 Newswire, Opera

TAPESTRY OPERA RECEIVES GRANT FROM OPERA AMERICA TO FUND 12 INDEPENDENT COMPANIESIndie Opera T.O to use funds for innovative digital awareness campaign Toronto, ON — Tapestry Opera is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a grant of $35,000 USD in the third year of OPERA America’s Building Opera Audiences grant program. This program, made possible by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, supports the efforts of North American opera companies to build informed, enthusiastic audiences for opera through innovative marketing projects. Tapestry Opera was granted funds to support 12 independent opera companies in Toronto through the budding Indie Opera T.O movement.Tapestry Opera is one of nine organizations in…

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